Re: regexp-quote missing escapes in grouping constructs - Bug?

[tomas]

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On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 01:36:07PM -0400, MON KEY wrote:
> Y. but why are the "?" a"[" and "+" getting escaped regardless of the
> presence of a preceding \ whereas the alternative "|" inside the
> grouping construct isn't?

Ah -- maybe somewhat unexpectedly to you (e.g. in Perl it is), the "|"
isn't special in Emacs. You have to spell "\|" to say "alternative".

HTH
- -- tomás
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